most receiving yards in first 16 games to start career

Lionel Taylor has the most receiving yards in his first 16 games, with 1,689 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player game data complete from 1960

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,689	16	127		13.3	105.6	15	-6	2	-3.0	-0.4	0
2	Raymond Berry R. Berry	1,639	16	98		16.7	102.4	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	1,612	16	115	171	14.0	100.8	14	35	7	5.0	2.2	0
4	Bill Groman B. Groman	1,577	16	79		20.0	98.6	15	0	0		0.0	0
5	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,497	16	78		19.2	93.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
6	Don Maynard D. Maynard	1,458	16	88		16.6	91.1	9	0	0		0.0	0
7	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	1,445	16	101	154	14.3	90.3	5	89	12	7.4	5.6	0
8	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,429	16	79	124	18.1	89.3	13	21	7	3.0	1.3	0
9	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,400	16	88	125	15.9	87.5	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
10	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	1,399	16	67		20.9	87.4	14	31	3	10.3	1.9	0
11	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,377	16	101	165	13.6	86.1	8	40	5	8.0	2.5	0
12	Art Powell A. Powell	1,355	16	82		16.5	84.7	15	0	0		0.0	0
13	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	1,319	16	56		23.6	82.4	16	-8	4	-2.0	-0.5	1
14	Randy Moss R. Moss	1,313	16	69		19.0	82.1	17	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
15	Buddy Dial B. Dial	1,286	16	57		22.6	80.4	13	-1	3	-0.3	-0.1	0
16	Malik Nabers M. Nabers	1,275	16	114	182	11.2	79.7	7	2	5	0.4	0.1	0
17	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	1,201	16	93		12.9	75.1	6	42	5	8.4	2.6	0
18	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	1,193	16	80	122	14.9	74.6	7	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
19	Lenny Moore L. Moore	1,193	16	61		19.6	74.6	14	519	114	4.6	32.4	7
20	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	1,182	16	97	129	12.2	73.9	9	0	0		0.0	0
21	Brian Thomas Jr. B. Thomas Jr.	1,179	16	80	122	14.7	73.7	10	48	6	8.0	3.0	0
22	Ernest Givins E. Givins	1,179	16	67		17.6	73.7	4	148	9	16.4	9.3	1
23	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	1,167	16	59		19.8	72.9	16	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,165	16	71		16.4	72.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
25	Willie Snead W. Snead	1,156	16	78	110	14.8	72.3	4	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,730

Nix

RUSH

324

Dobbins

REC

337

Waddle

Team Rankings

PPG

22.0

20th

OPP PPG

20.7

10th

RUSH YDS/G

91.4

27th

PASS YDS/G

192.2

27th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Broncos	7	2	.778
Chiefs	6	2	.750
Raiders	4	5	.444
Chargers	0	8	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/22	LV	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Fri 11/27	DEN	@	PIT	3:00 PM
Sun 12/6	MIA	@	DEN	4:05 PM
Sun 12/13	DEN	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 12/20	DEN	@	LV	4:25 PM

Last Game

Broncos

7 - 2

Final

Panthers

3 - 5

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,618

Love

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

879

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

20

Cousins

19

Love

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Gibbs

9

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Watson

7

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

9.5

Anderson

8.0

Young

7.5

Watt

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.1

17.9

18.0

18.9

Total Yards Rankings

393.1

387.3

384.1

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

98

Bowers

89.8

McBride

82.8

Likely

Fantasy K Rankings

106

Shrader

93

Fairbairn

90

Gay

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

7-2

6-2

5-2

6-3

Worst Record ATS

0-7-1

1-8

2-7

3-6

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

Lionel Taylor has the most receiving yards in his first 16 games, with 1,689 yards.

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NFL Fantasy 2026

175.2

170.4

149

161.1

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89.8

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